Shirt neckband and bosom stay.



. n. Bomann.- SHIRT NECKBANDAND BOSOM STAY.

APlLiCATION FILED MAYA. |915.

. A. PatentedjApr. 11, 1916.

EIM

efzzaalerh invasem To all whoml tmay concewwv Be it known that l, -RETLAW citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda' and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirt Neckbandl and Bosom. Stays, of whichl the following-v p tonholes 3, and uponeach side thereof the is a specication. My invention relates to -a of shirts. from being crushed outof Ishape when stacked up in quantities, von sale, kor

f returned from the laundry.

' of the neckband of the shirt.

long enough to pass around the inside of It consists 'of a narrow flexiblestrip-rig'id transversely, and adapted to fit within andv support thel neckband, and to fold so as to form an extension down the bosom front, and having a means togsecure it opera-bly in place.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which" e Y Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the strip applied. Fig. 2- isv a rear perspective view of thestrip folded. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the strip.'

When shirts and likef'goods, Ahaving neckband, are finished, or laundried and packed up for return or storage, the pres sure of the pile tends -to crush the neckband and make angular folds and. projections'which are disiguring and are disagreeable to the wearer. The starched bosomsof dress shirts are also similarly wrinkled or folded at Atheir junction With the neckband.

It is the object ofA my invention to overcome this difliculty, and in carrying it out I employ a strip A of sufficiently vrigid pasteboard, 'or equivalent material, having a Width substantially equal to the height The strip is the neckband, and beso folded at thefront as to change ,its direction and cause it to pass over the front of the neckband and thence down the overlapping edges of the bosom opening, either outside or inside, where this extension. may be fixed and se'- cured by attachment to the buttons. vFor this purpose, the ends ofthe strip A are slit, as at; 2, the'slits being adapted to pass over and lock with the fastening ofl the Appuclatiqn inea'vmay 4, 1515. .g seal No. 25,7214.I

devicev and means to protect the neckbands and bosomsl l easily` specialista o f Latergiatlt.. Patented am.- i1, 191e.

fupeper Eyeletholes 3 are also'.

vmadejat suitable points to iit andbe secured v to the stud v,a-tthe front of the neckband.

One end only needfbe provided with these slits and holes,"but-in order. to make thev f strips easy --to insert?` and`handle,;both ends` are alike. Atpoints contiguousto4 the but-1 stripV islsc'ored, as at4, to enable it tothe direction after stay strip is coiled around the interior of the neckband until the diagonal ,scorel is at the front, and the strip is then folded onband which'is" so stiff that no ordinaryforce will be sufficient to crushit. The vfold diagonally acrossl the front serves to hold the lower edge of .the strip down and in place.

The twotransverse scores and folds cause ;'follded transversely, and-at@ 5 Jis a di'agolfscring;Upon which the .Strip may "be" folded'tozjchangegthe p'assing around the neck, vsothat it' will: exvtendldown the bosom front. Thefdevice is lthen applied vas follows: Cnc-end of the bent on the other transverse score, andexf "tends thence down the? front of the bosom, either between the front edgesor outside, fand the slit 2'is` engaged with a button and .thus sec11red"'irmly in position. In this manner Iform a 'reinforce lining the neckthe strip to follow the contourand over the,-

top; ofthe band,and thence down along the bosom, and prevents the rumpling and fold ing upward at the junction of the bosom with-'the neckband. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and ,f desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A neckband and bosom stay coiledin contact with thel insideI of the neckband, thencefolded. over the top of said band,

and thence -down the'centerof the-bosom* front,l and having slits and eyeletsto engage the'buttons vand neck stud.

a longitudinally xiexible, transversely 2. A neckbandand bosom-stay, compris- `'105` port the neckband,A said'strip having'a d i- CTI agonalfold to brace and' Change lthe direction of the strip, a Contiguous transverse foldacross the upper front edge of the band,

\ and a parallel fold at the bottom exteriorly of the band, Said band having an eyelet rhole to engage the collar-button, andan end slit te. engage .21, Wwe ef the..Shift-bQSf ;m-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand n they presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RETLAVV ROLKERR. /Vtnesses:

' JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY. 

